Macomb to be in first televised match for quiz bowl tourney

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Posted Jan. 27, 2014 at 2:55 PM

Posted Jan. 27, 2014 at 2:55 PM

QUINCY —

John Wood Community College and WGEM will launch the 24th season of The Academic Challenge Quiz Bowl Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 1, with the competition’s first match between Macomb High School and Unity High School airing at 6:30 p.m. on WGEM NBC, according to a news release.

The match will be rebroadcast at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2, on WGEM FOX.

The WGEM Academic Challenge features 16 schools from the tri-state region competing in 15 matches. Seven contests will be broadcast, including the championship match. Matches will initially air on Saturday on WGEM NBC, then will be rebroadcast the following Sunday on WGEM FOX.

The tournament is scheduled to air through March 16. The broadcast schedule for the other quarterfinal matches includes: Feb. 8 and 9, Camp Point Central High School against Quincy High School; Feb. 15 and 16, Hannibal High School versus Knox County High School; and Feb. 22 and 23 Clopton High School against Clark County High School.

The host of this year’s tournament is WGEM Meteorologist Brian Inman. The series is co-sponsored by JWCC and WGEM-TV.

Members of the Macomb team include: Owen Huff, Michelle Liu, Vince Mahr, Jackson Matlak and Andy Woodruff. The team is coached by Suellyn Rieckelman.

Members of the Unity team include: Mikayla Baker, Mandie Brooks, Lane Davis, Kayla Gronewold, Jamie Howell, Mark Jansen Valerie Kirkpatrick and Will Klusmeyer. The team is coached by Kevin Buckert .

Judges for the 2014 challenge include JWCC faculty members Melissa Knapp, mathematics assistant professor; Mark Moore, professor of natural sciences; and Randall Egdorf, department chairman and assistant professor of social and behavior sciences.

The series is under the direction of Shawn Dickerman, creative services manager at WGEM.